I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years but
never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has a
culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
anyone?
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I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over
the years but never had reason to look into it. He works at a
company which has a culture of showing tech videos during
lunch. So.. I want the best introduction to D video that we
have, which will fit in a lunch hour.. anyone?
R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target
vision with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been
some presentation videos based on it?

I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
anyone?
R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
videos based on it?

I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
anyone?
R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
videos based on it?

I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
anyone?
R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
videos based on it?

Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about
some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)
It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video
and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p
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I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
anyone?
R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
videos based on it?

Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about
some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)
It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video
and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p
R
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I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit
over the years
but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company
which has
a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want
the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a
lunch hour..
anyone?
R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article.
A bit
outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a
target vision
with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some
presentation
videos based on it?

Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it
talks about
some nice D specifics in relation to general programming
concerns/goals :)
It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass
on 1 video
and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p
R
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You'll note that the first one is PHP (no big surprise) and the
first reason is Inconsistent function names and argument orders,
for which we qualify easily.
That being said, the 3 unexpected feature is probably a good one.
Walter's talk at DConf is a large overview of D as well, but
probably don't have the same Wow effect.

This is very good on its own but somewhat lacking as a general
overview of the language. In a sense that it highlights three
super cool features and says nothing about how revolutionary
language overall is :)

This is very good on its own but somewhat lacking as a general overview
of the language. In a sense that it highlights three super cool features
and says nothing about how revolutionary language overall is :)

True. I am hoping it will 'hook' peoples interest, after which they'll
either go looking for more information on their own, or ask for more - in
which case I can provide other more general videos and information etc.
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I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over
the years but never had reason to look into it. He works at a
company which has a culture of showing tech videos during
lunch. So.. I want the best introduction to D video that we
have, which will fit in a lunch hour.. anyone?
R

Walter's talk on component programming is one of the best, I
think, for showing how the language features can come together in
a nice way. That's a pretty good motivator for getting someone
into the language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cX1f41Fnkc
In my attempts to describe D to colleagues and friends, I have
made an observation. I think there's not a single killer feature
of D that makes it great, but it's rather like how a lot of very
small and interesting features come together. Slices and every
detail about how they work I think is a nice selling point.

I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
anyone?
R

Walter's talk on component programming is one of the best, I think, for
showing how the language features can come together in a nice way.
That's a pretty good motivator for getting someone into the language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cX1f41Fnkc

I like the content of this video, but the inaudible questions interrupting
the flow are driving me up the wall.
If I had time I would edit it and cut them all.
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